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Question 1

Agriculture

Answer 1

the planting and harvesting of domesticated plants and the raising of domesticated animals for food.

Question 2

Domesticated plant

Answer 2

a plant that is deliberately planted, protected, cared for, and used by humans.

Question 3

Domesticated animal

Answer 3

an animal that depends on people for food and shelter, whose behavior has changed as a result of close contact with humans.

Question 4

Climate

Answer 4

the average pattern of weather over a 30-year period for a particular region

Question 5

Weather

Answer 5

day-to-day atmospheric conditions that affect daily decisions

Question 6

Tropical Climate

Answer 6

hot, humid climate that produces certain plants; such as cassava, bananas, sugar cane, sweet potato, papaya, rice, and maize.

Question 7

Mediterranean Climate

Answer 7

hot/dry-summer climate, mild winter, and a defined rainy season that produces certain fruits, vegetables, and grains, such as grapes, olives, figs, dates, tomatoes, zucchini, wheat, and barley.

Question 8

Subsistence Agriculture:

Answer 8

food production mainly for consumption by the farming family and local communities,rather than for sale in the market

Question 9

Market Gardening

Answer 9

small-scale farming system in which farmer plants one to a few acres that produce a diverse mixture of vegetables and fruits, mostly for sale in local and regional markets

Question 10

Commercial Agriculture:

Answer 10

farming oriented exclusively toward the production of agricultural commodities for sale in the market/processed foods

Question 11

Truck farm

Answer 11

scaled-up version of market gardening, with more acreage, less crop diversity, and a stronger orientation toward more distant markets

Question 12

Intensive Agricultural Practices

Answer 12

farmers use large amounts of inputs (energy, fertilizers, labor, machines) to maximize yields

Question 13

Extensive Agricultural Practices

Answer 13

use fewer amount of inputs and typically result in less yields.

Question 14

Core Periphery

Answer 14

States that have the most advanced industrial and military technologies, complex manufacturing systems, external political power, and the highest levels of wealth and mass consumption

Question 15

Semiperiphery

Answer 15

Countries or regions whose economics have elements of both the core and the periphery

Question 16

Periphery

Answer 16

States that have relatively** little industrial development**, simple production systems focused mostly on agriculture and raw materials, and low levels of consumption of manufactured goods.